Notable alumni of Royal Academy of Music, University of London

Elton John

HIV/AIDS activist · b. 1947

British singer, songwriter and musician (born 1947)

Annie Lennox

recording artist · b. 1954

Scottish singer-songwriter (born 1954)

Birgit Nilsson

opera singer · 1918–2005

Swedish opera singer (1918–2005)

Arthur Sullivan

musicologist · 1842–1900

English composer of the Gilbert & Sullivan duo (1842-1900)

Devika Rani

film actor · 1908–1994

Indian actress (1908-1994)

British composer (1944-2013)

Karl Jenkins

oboist · b. 1944

Welsh musician and composer (b. 1944)

Arnold Bax

classical composer · 1883–1953

English composer, poet, and author (1883–1953)

Maxim Vengerov

music educator · b. 1974

Russian violinist, violist, and conductor

Bill Bailey

stand-up comedian · b. 1965

British comedian, musician and actor

Harrison Birtwistle

music educator · 1934–2022

English composer (1934–2022)

Henry Wood

university teacher · 1869–1944

English conductor (1869–1944)

Ari Ólafsson

singer · b. 1998

Icelandic singer

John Barbirolli

music educator · 1899–1970

British conductor and cellist (1899-1970)

Katherine Jenkins

opera singer · b. 1980

British singer

SuRie

singer · b. 1989

English singer

William Sterndale Bennett

music educator · 1816–1875

British musician (1816-75)

Antonio Pappano

bass singer · b. 1959

British born, Italian naturalized conductor and pianist

Rebecca Clarke

musicologist · 1886–1979

English composer and violist (1886–1979)

Sati Kazanova

singer · b. 1982

Russian pop music singer in the girl group Fabrika (b.1982)

British composer (born 1943)

Susanna Mälkki

woman conductor · b. 1969

Finnish conductor and cellist

John Dankworth

jazz musician · 1927–2010

British musician (1927-2010)

Granville Bantock

choreographer · 1868–1946

British composer and conductor (1868-1946)

British composer and pianist (1936-2012)

Joe Jackson

recording artist · b. 1954

English musician

Trevor Jones

film score composer · b. 1949

South African film score composer

Myra Hess

music educator · 1890–1965

British pianist (1890–1965)

Gabriela Montero

music arranger · b. 1970

Venezuelan musician

George Alexander Macfarren

musicographer · 1813–1887

British composer and musicologist (1813–1887)

British horn player

English composer and musician (1937–2011)

Lionel Tertis

music journalist · 1876–1975

British musician (1876–1975)

Edmundo Ros

bandleader · 1910–2011

Trinidadian-born British musician, vocalist, arranger and bandleader

Ray Noble

jazz musician · 1903–1978

English jazz and big band musician (1903–1978)

Felicity Lott

opera singer · 1947–2026

English soprano (1947–2026)

Alan Bush

music educator · 1900–1995

British composer, musician, and educator (1900-1995)

Grace Chatto

percussionist · b. 1985

British musician

Dee Palmer

keyboardist · b. 1937

British musician

Edward German

music educator · 1862–1936

English musician and composer (1862–1936)

English composer, conductor, and music teacher (1905–1985)

Clifford Curzon

musician · 1907–1982

British musician (1907-1982)

York Bowen

horn player · 1884–1961

English composer and pianist (1884-1961)

Alexander Mackenzie

musicographer · 1847–1935

Scottish conductor and composer (1847-1935)

Myleene Klass

model · b. 1978

English musician

Iraqi-American musician

Máiréad Nesbitt

classical violinist · b. 1979

Irish Celtic, Classical and World solo violinist

British composer (1886–1957)

Irish actress

Harriet Cohen

music educator · 1895–1967

British musician (1895-1967)

Helen George

film actor · b. 1984

English actress (born 1984)

English conductor (1948-2008)

Maria Gordon

paleontologist · 1864–1939

Scottish geologist (1864-1939)

Lena Ashwell

stage actor · 1872–1957

British actress and acting manager (1872-1957)

British musician (1946–2017)

Yvonne Brewster

director · 1938–2025

Jamaican actress, theatre director and theatre manager (1938–2025)

Edith Craig

suffragist · 1869–1947

British actress, theatrical producer, theatre director, and suffragette (1869–1947)

Osian Ellis

music educator · 1928–2021

Welsh harpist and composer (1928-2021)

Fra Fee

stage actor · b. 1987

Irish actor and singer

Joseph Parry

composer · 1841–1903

Welsh composer (1841–1903)

Welsh composer (1912-1993)

American conductor

Geoffrey Grey

musicologist · 1934–2023

British composer

British composer

Michael Schønwandt

conductor · b. 1953

Danish conductor

Nigerian politician (1897–1990)

Jiří Stivín

flautist · b. 1942

Czech flautist, composer, jazz musician, multi-instrumentalist, educator and saxophonist

Moura Lympany

autobiographer · 1916–2005

British musician (1916–2005)

John Joubert

composer · 1927–2019

British composer of South African descent (1927–2019)

Eva Turner

music educator · 1892–1990

singer (1892–1990)

Noni Jabavu

journalist · 1921–2008

South African writer and journalist (1919–2008)

Es Devlin

theatre designer · b. 1971

stage designer

E. Power Biggs

harpsichordist · 1906–1977

British-born American concert organist and recording artist (1906-1977)

Frederick Corder

music educator · 1852–1932

British composer and music teacher (1852–1932)

Welsh opera singer (1927-2009)

Greek singer

Augusta Read Thomas

music educator · b. 1964

American composer

Rhodesian-born, British-based, classical pianist (born 1950)

Maggie Teyte

opera singer · 1888–1976

English operatic soprano (1888–1976)

Emma Nicholson

politician · b. 1941

British politician, life peer

British record producer (1956–2018)

Charlotte Sainton-Dolby

music educator · 1821–1885

Operatic contralto (1821–1885)

Welsh mezzo-soprano

Belgian-French musician

Tobias Matthay

music educator · 1858–1945

British pianist, teacher and composer (1858–1945)

Teo Gheorghiu

film actor · b. 1992

Swiss actor and musician

John Pyke Hullah

musicologist · 1812–1884

English composer and teacher of music

British composer (1935–2009)

South African actor and director (1910-1991)

Doreen Carwithen

film score composer · 1922–2003

British composer of classical and film music (1922–2003)

Xuefei Yang

classical guitarist · b. 1977

Chinese guitarist

Bramwell Tovey

musicologist · 1953–2022

British conductor and composer

Jonathan Noyce

guitarist · b. 1971

British musician

Philip Langridge

opera singer · 1939–2010

British opera singer (1939-2010)

Kerry Minnear

guitarist · b. 1948

British rock musician

British composer

Anna Russell

comedian · 1911–2006

British singer and comedian (1911-2006)

musician (1948–2010)

British musician

Lesley Garrett

opera singer · b. 1955

English soprano singer, musician, broadcaster and media personality

John Lanchbery

film score composer · 1923–2003

British composer (1923–2003)

English composer (1839-1884)

Welsh composer (1934-1992)

David Giménez Carreras

conductor · b. 1964

Spanish conductor

Israeli conductor

John Thomas

music educator · 1826–1913

Welsh composer and harpist, called Pencerdd Gwalia (1826-1913)

Kit Armstrong

musician · b. 1992

American pianist and composer

Michael Berkeley

speaker · b. 1948

British composer and broadcaster on music

British composer

John Blackwood McEwen

piano teacher · 1868–1948

Scottish classical composer and educator (1868–1948)

British composer (1885–1943)

Karel Mark Chichon

musician · b. 1971

British conductor

Ethel Pedley

children's writer · 1859–1898

Australian writer

Joseph Barnby

choir singer · 1838–1896

British musician (1838-1896)

British musician

Freddy Kempf

pianist · b. 1977

British musician

Arthur Goring Thomas

composer · 1850–1892

English composer (1850-1892)

English composer, pianist and writer

Irvine Arditti

violinist · b. 1953

British violinist and composer (born 1953)

Leo Stern

cellist · 1862–1904

British cellist (1862-1904)

British conductor

South African-British composer (1903–1986)

British musician (1833–1893)

Japanese composer and pianist (1972-)

British actress

Leo Abrahams

guitarist · b. 1977

English record producer and musician

Louis N. Parker

pageant master · 1852–1944

British composer and dramatist (1852–1944)

Peter Katin

music educator · 1930–2015

British pianist and pedagogue (1930–2015)

Jamaican contemporary music composer

Scottish composer and writer (1860-1940)

Swedish alto artist

English composer, conductor and lecturer (1873–1946)

English actress

Henry Brinley Richards

music educator · 1819–1885

Welsh composer (1819–1885)

British pianist

Charles Lucas

music educator · 1808–1869

British cellist, composer and Principal of the Royal Academy of Music (1808-1869)

Russian pianist

British musician (1939–2020)

Alicia Adélaide Needham

woman conductor · 1863–1945

Irish composer (1863-1945)

English Test and County cricketer, footballer, artist

Julia Neilson

actor · 1868–1957

English actress (1868–1957)

British pianist

English conductor

Ludovic Morlot

musician · b. 1973

conductor

English opera singer

Joanna MacGregor

television presenter · b. 1959

British musician

English composer; college principal

Czech composer (1917–2012)

British composer (1930–2017)

Henry Lowther

jazz musician · b. 1941

British musician

Scottish composer (1922-2000)

Greek pianist

British musician (1876-1942)

Ian "H" Watkins

singer · b. 1976

British singer and actor (born 1976)

Evelyn Dove

jazz singer · 1902–1987

British singer and actress (1902-1987)

Dominic Lewis

film score composer · b. 1985

British film and television composer

Jozef Kapustka

pianist · b. 1969

Polish classical pianist

Greek guitarist, recording artist, and concertizer, and the founder and Chair of the Pre-College Division of the Guitar Department at the Juilliard School

British conductor

Solhi al-Wadi

conductor · 1934–2007

Iraqi conductor and composer (1934–2007)

Belgian opera singer (1988–2024)

Ewa Kupiec

university teacher · b. 1964

Polish pianist

Scottish composer (1934–2022)

John Mayer; b. Oct. 28, 1930, Calcutta, India; d. Mar. 9, 2004, U.K.; violinist, composer, Indo-jazz fusion pioneer

South African composer

Clara Angela Macirone

piano teacher · 1821–1914

British composer and pianist

English composer and pianist (1898–1982)

Miloš Karadaglić

classical guitarist · b. 1983

classical guitarist

Egyptian composer (1948–2012)

Ronald Smith

pianist · 1922–2004

British musician (1922–2004)

British conductor and baroque violinist

clarinettist

Australian musician (1922-1953)

South African composer

Felix Salmond

cellist · 1888–1952

British musician (1888–1952)

Gareth Malone

music journalist · b. 1975

English choirmaster and broadcaster

English organist and composer

Herbert Fryer

music educator · 1877–1957

British pianist, composer and music pedagogue (1877–1957)

British composer (1892–1958)

Ani Batikian

violinist · b. 1982

Armenian musician

David Owen Norris

music educator · b. 1953

British pianist, broadcaster and professor of music

Charles Kensington Salaman

pianist · 1814–1901

British composer (1814–1901)

Edward Gardner

music director · b. 1974

British conductor

Elizabeth Stirling

organist · 1819–1895

British composer (1819-1895)

British composer

American composer (1927-2021)

Robert John Godfrey

pianist · b. 1947

British composer and pianist

Rosalind Ellicott

composer · 1858–1924

composer

Nikki Iles

woman conductor · b. 1963

British musician

Swedish composer (1921–1969)

British composer

Kate Loder

music educator · 1825–1904

Composer and pianist

Welsh opera singer and composer (1891–1918)

Sian MacLeod

diplomat · b. 1962

British diplomat

Edwin Lemare

music educator · 1866–1934

British musician (1866-1934)

British clarinetist (1938–2012)

Dilshad Said

singer · b. 1958

musician and composer

Australian composer (1931–2024)

Rachel Tucker

stage actor · b. 1981

Northern Irish actress and singer

Garðar Thór Cortes

stage actor · b. 1974

Icelandic tenor